SUNGAI BULOH, March 15 — The police arrested six individuals, including two Thai couples, in separate raids on Wednesday (March 13) suspected of being involved in drug smuggling and trafficking syndicates from a neighbouring country.
Selangor Police Chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the seizures involved 90.4kg of ganja and 1.5 litres of ketum liquid, valued at RM281,000.
“The modus operandi of the syndicates is to bring in the supply using drug mules (transporters) comprising two local men, and later, two Thai couples will enter the country using social visit passes as tourists in private vehicles.
“The drugs are placed in a homestay rented earlier before trafficking them around the Klang Valley. From interrogation, they were believed to have carried out the activity twice before being apprehended in their third attempt,” he said during a press conference at the Sungai Buloh police headquarters today.
In the first arrest, the police caught two drug mules by the roadside in the Subang Jaya along with a Ford Ranger and 40 compressed lumps of suspected ganja weighing 10.4kg.
“As a result of the interrogation, police raided a homestay in Ampang Jaya and seized 50 compressed lumps of suspected ganja weighing an estimated 50.3kg.
“Following the first arrest, the police arrested two Thai men and two women believed to be the main masterminds of this syndicate at a homestay in Balakong, Kajang, along with 1.5 litres of ketum liquid,” Hussein said.
All local suspects have past criminal records involving drugs and crime, while two foreign male suspects were found to be positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine via a urine screening.
“Action was also taken under the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988, where the police also seized a Toyota Alphard worth RM120,000 and six pieces of jewellery worth RM33,000.
“All the suspects aged between 26 and 32 years old were remanded for seven days, and the case was investigated under Section 39B of the same Act,” he said.
Earlier, Hussein witnessed the handing over of duty of the Sungai Buloh district police chief between ACP Shafa’aton Abu Bakar, who was promoted to Perak contingent headquarters management head, and her successor Supt Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor, at Sungai Buloh police headquarters.
— Bernama
